Butter-package



(No Model.)

S. CIRITTENDEN. BUTTERPAGKAGB.

No. 409,818. Patented Aug. zo, 1889.

SIMEON CRIT'FNDEN, OF OHATFIELD, MINNESOTA.

BUTTER-PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,318, dated August20, 1889.

u Application filed May 2, 1889. Serial No. 309,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Sinnen CnrrTnNnnN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohatfield, in the county ot Fillmore and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful linprovements in Butter-Packages, ot whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of but-- ter-packages in which ajar, of earthenware or similar material, is combined with a suitableprotective casing; and it has for its object to provide a device of thisclass which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, and which, inaddition to protecting the jar from breakage, sliall, to a certainextent, preserve its contents from the influences of excessive heat andcold.

lVith these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, which will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved butterpackage ready for shipment.V Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view takenon the line 0o n in Fig. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view, on a largerscale, of one of the caps or covers.

The same letters referto the saine parts in all the figures.

A designates a jar or crock, made, prefer ably, of earthenware, andprovided near its top 4with an interior flange or shoulder B, adapted tosupport a flat cover C, which may be made of the same materia-l as thebody of the jar or crock. in the usual manner, in this jar or crock andthe cover O placed in position upon the shoulder or ange B, as will beseen in Fig. 2 et the drawings.

D l) designate two heads or caps, each of which may be constructed of adisk E, of wood7 of suitable thickness, and of a diameter slightlyexceeding that of the jar or crock to which the heads are to be applied,and having a rim F, of tin or.other suitable sheet metal, securedthereto by means of tacks or in any convenient and durable manner. Eachof the said caps or heads is, in addition, provided with acircumferential series of headed The butter is to be packed,

screws or tacks G G, which are driven through the metallic rim andpartially into the wooden disk of each head, from which the said screwsor tacks extend so as to form radially-projecting studs, as will beclearly seen in Fig. l of the drawings.

Between the wooden disks E and the rims F are interposed the ends of thejacketsor wrappers ll H2, of thick paper or straw-board, which arearranged to telescope within one another.

The crock or jar, having been iilled with butter, is placed in thejacket H of one of the heads D, between which and the bottom of the jaris interposed a layer K, of excelsior or other suitable elastic packingmaterial. Over the cover O of the jar is placed a thick layer of paperL, and the other cover D, with its jacket H2, is then placed inposition, a layer M, of excelsior or other suitable packing material,being interposed between it and the paper L. A wire or cord O is thenlaced around the projecting studs G G of the caps or covers, so as todraw them together and tighten them upon the package, which is new readyfor labeling and shipment.

rlhe operation vand advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed.

The protective covering of the jar or crock comprises merely the twoheads or caps, which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured ofconvenient sizes, besides the paper, wire or twine, and excelsior, ofwhich latter article but a small quantity will be required.

The package serves to a great extent to exclude the air, thus preventingdeterioration of the contents of the package, which is also to a greatextent protected by the double paper or straw-board wrapper or jacketfrom the influences of excessive heat and cold. Said 'paper jacket alsoserves to assist in protectin g the jar or crock from breakage.

hly improved package is especially convenient for the use o'l farmersand producers for putting up butter in suitable packages for family use.The device is also useful for the reshipment of empty creeks or jars,and it may be used over again indefinitely.

l-Iavin g thus described my invention, I claim TOO and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United Statesv1. The combination of anearthenware jar or crock having an interior flange or shoulder, a coverplaced upon the latter, the heads or caps having radially-extendingstuds, packing material interposed between the top and bottom of the jarand said heads or caps, a layer of paper interposed between the cover ofthe jar and the packing material, and a fastening-cord laced around thestuds of the heads or caps, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the earthen jar, the telescoping paper wrappers orjackets surrounding the same and having their ends interposed betweenthe disks E and their encircling hoops or rims composing the heads orcaps, the studs extending radially from the latter, packing materialplaced between the top and bottom of the jar and said heads or caps, alayer of paper interposed between the cover ot the jarrand the packingmaterial, and a fastening-cord laced around the studs of the caps orheads, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a butter-package, the herein-described heads or caps, consistingot wooden disks having the telescoping paper or straw-board jacketssecured thereto by sheet-metal rims or hoops and provided withradially-extending studs, and a fastening-cord laced around the studs,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The combination, with a jar or similar breakable package, of theherein-described heads or caps, consisting of wooden disks having thetelescoping paper or straw-board jacket secured thereto by sheet-metalrims or hoops, and having radially-extending studs and a fastening-cord,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing` as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIHEON ORITTENDEN.

Witnesses:

EVERETT JONES, A. L. OBER.

